Elgaria kingii kingii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Elgaria
Species: Elgaria kingii
Subspecies: Elgaria kingii kingii

Name

Elgaria kingii kingii Gray, 1838

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.29 (formerly V25a), adult indet., presented by Thomas Bell.
• Type locality: not stated, designated as “Mexico” by Boulenger (1885: 275), restricted to “Mojarachic, Chihuahua” by Smith & Taylor (1950: 327), and subsequently to “Huachuca Mountains, Arizona” by Schmidt (1953: 139).

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Part 2. Annals of Natural History. Series 1 1(5): 388–394. DOI: 10.1080/00222933809512320 ; BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Elgaria kingii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 October 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Sonoran Alligator Lizard